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Sky enabled exchanges
This is a discussion on Sky enabled exchanges within the Sky news and announcements forums, part of the SkyUser Announcements category; I'm not really bothered who Sky may or may not bid for! My main concern is that my exhange was ...
- 11-01-07, 01:21 PM #11
Re: Sky enabled exchanges
I'm not really bothered who Sky may or may not bid for!
My main concern is that my exhange was enabled last month and so far I have heard nothing from Sky about transferring me from the Connect package.
It's one thing having all these unbundled exchanges, but something else making them operational for existing customers.
But then it's a nice little earner continuing to charge £17 per month instead of only getting £5
Advertisement- 11-01-07, 01:30 PM #12
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Re: Sky enabled exchanges
But then it's a nice little earner continuing to charge £17 per month instead of only getting £5
It costs them approx £10.00 per month to rent the line so speak from BT, and then they would have to buy Data Shifting per gb. I would say Sky would just about breakeven at £17.00 per month, but only if you didn't abuse your connection.
The reason the other packages are so cheap, is effectively Sky have cut out BT and have their own LLU kit in the BT exchange.
As for changing you over, Sky are quite adamant this will happen at their pace and not the time scale that we what them to.
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- 18-01-07, 08:27 PM #13
Re: Sky enabled exchanges
It would be interesting to see how many of the connect users who have been offered the £5 deal, and hence will have their exchanges upgraded by the summer, live in an NTL/Telewest enabled area. I do and I know quite a few people at work who live in Blackpool, which has a heavy NTL prescence have been emailed this deal. This would seem to support SatDish's theory.
If they did aquire NTL I presume that this would save them a fortune in installation costs as they could just broadcast over the NTL network ?
I had NTL briefly when it first came to Preston and could receive all the Sky packages, at a small premium, via their network which I believe is fibreoptic based.
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- 19-01-07, 06:46 AM #14
Re: Sky enabled exchanges
I think Satdish called NTL a target in the context of a competitor, not someone Sky would buy - even if they could afford NTL (and Branson was willing to sell) Ofcom/the monopolies authority would never allow the two to merge - the merger between NTL and Telewest was only just permitted after all.
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Re: Sky enabled exchanges
Sky's only target now is NTL.
I would also like to say that NTL and BT visitors IP addresses to this site outnumber any other ISP at a ration of 3 to 1.
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Re: Sky enabled exchanges
Well thats very naughty of them - although we welcome everyone
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- 19-01-07, 11:26 PM #19
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